Suspension element for the exhaust system of a motor vehicle engine

Abstract

A suspension element for the exhaust system components of an internal combustion engine incorporates interengaging resilient rings. However, these rings are not in direct contact with one another. Instead, they extend about an elastic, air-filled spherical member. This spherical member provides for the vibrations generated by the exhaust system being effectively attenuated by the suspension element before being transmitted to the floor of the motor vehicle.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
       1. In a motor vehicle having a floor with an exhaust system extending therebeneath, elastic air-filled suspension means for suspending said exhaust system from said floor while attenuating vibrations generated by said exhaust system prior to their transmission to said floor, said means comprising a pair of elastic rings that are linked together and adapted to be connected to said floor and exhaust system respectively, and an air-filled elastic sphere arranged between said rings at their linkage so as to provide an air cushion therebetween.